Improvement in refrigerators



J. D. RASEY.

Refrigerators.-

-Patented Feb. 5,1878.

WITNESSES Nv PETERS, PHOTOMTHOGRAPMER. WASmNGTON. D C.

' UN TE STATES PATENT -OFFICE.

JOHN D. RASEY, OF FOND DU LAO, AS SIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDO. F. SWIFT,

OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN REFRIGERATORS.

Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 199,993, dated February5, 1878; application filed June 25, 1877 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN D. RAsEY, of Fond du Lac, county of Fond du Lacand State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Refrigerator,of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a front elevation, showing the refrigerator with the doorsthrown open. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section on line as m in Fig.3. Fig. 3 is a transverse section 011 line 3/ y in Fig.1. Fig. 4 is atransverse section on line z z in Fig. 2.

My invention consists in the arrangement of an ice-drawer in therefrigerator, and a water-reservoir placed outside of the refrigerator,and connected with the inside by a channel or trough for conducting thewater resulting from the melting of the ice from the ice drawer to thereservoir. 7

The object of my invention is to construct a neat, substantial, andeconomical refrigerator.

, Beferringto the drawing, A is the outside shell of the refrigerator,which may be made of staves of wood or from sheet metal, as may bedesired. B is the inner shell, of sheet metal, and G the basepiece orbottom, to which the shells are attached, and which is supported uponlegs a a.

- The outside shell is larger in diameter than the inner one, leavingthe space I), which is divided by a partition, 0, of felt-paper or othersimilar material, which is arranged concentrically with relation to theshells and centrally in the space between them.

' The inner shell, which is shorter than the outer one, is closed at itsupper end by the head (I, and the outer shell is closed by the head 0.two heads is divided by a partition, f, of similar material to thatwhich divides the space I).

. Apertures g are made in the bottom, which communicate with thatportion of the space 1) outside of the partition 0. Air passes intothese apertures, following the direction of the arrows, passing over thepartition f, thence downward through apertures h into the space betweenthe partition f and head d, where the current is divided, part of itpassing directly The space thus formed between the into the interior ofthe refrigerator through apertures i, and part passing between thepartition 0 and the inner shell B downward, and flowing into theinterior of the refrigerator through apertures j of the shell B.

The side of the refrigerator is open and provided with doors A and B,which are constructed in the same manner as the body of therefrigerator. The upper door A is provided with two air-tubes, a a,which may be opened or closed at pleasure.

A shelf, D, is placed in the refrigerator, near the top, for receivingan ice-drawer, E, which is provided with the ribs k for supporting theice, and with perforations l for allowin g the water to escape.

A channel, m, is cut in the shelf D, and is provided with a metallictrough, a, for receiving the drip-water from the ice-drawer E andconducting it to a reservoir, F, attached to the outside of therefrigerator.

A channel, 0, is cut in the shelf D, which leads to the trough n, forconducting to the trough any water that may drip out of the drawer whiletaking it out or putting it in.

O G are apertures-made in the shelf D to admit of a circulation of airbetween the upper and lower compartments. G G G are circular perforatedshelves, connected by the standards 1). The lower shelf G is providedwith a gudgeon, q, which rests in a step in the bottom 0, and a spindle,r, is attached to the upper shelf G, which is provided with a bearing inthe center of the shelf D. The middle shelf G is provided with aremovable section, 8, which may be taken out when occasion requires toadmit of setting high vessels on the lower shelf.

H is a fan-wheel, which is suspended over the ice-drawer and driven by aspring acting through a train of gearing, I, attached to the head (I.This fan draws in the external air and creates a circulation, by whichthe air of the room in which the refrigerator is placed is cooled.

A stop-cock, t, is placed in the reservoir F, for drawing water.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the shells A and B, ing; ribs kand perforations Z, and the reserpartitions c and f, bottom 0, providedWith ap- Voir F, substantially as set forth. 'ertures g, and heads cl 0,provided with apertures h and i, substantially as shown and described.Witnesses:

2. The combination of the shelf D, having O. D. CLEVELAND, apertures O,the trough n, ice-drawer E, hav- J. D. HAM.

JOHN D. RASEY.

